Judge — January 2, 1932 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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"I never heord of anybody ever cuttin’ o hole through o drum.” “I know—it's my own ideo.” A large life insurance company advises their policyholders that one of the prerequisites to long life and better health is to— “LAUGH OFF WORRIES” “Recreation—Take time to laugh and play. Recreation recreates both mind and body. There is no tonic so rich in health-giving qualities as good humor." JUDGE each week is filled with new laughs, jokes, and satire. INCLUDE IN YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS-HUMOR! JUDGE—18 East 48th Street, New York, N. Y. Enclosed find check for $ « Please send JUDGE for | year, $5.00 (]; 2 years, $7.80 [_]; 2! weeks, $2.00 [_]. Special introductory offer, 10 weeks for $1.00. Name Address City Canadian and foreign es $1.00 extra. 32 1.2.32 | pan. CTHE THEATRE (Continued from page 18) uity to impress the thematic uncony audience with his ttionality is just a hit too evident. , or at least the surface appear ase, is vital to sophisticated humor of this kind. Mr. Levy rolls the latter on his tongue too incessantly. The company hired to merchant the farce has been for the most part crudely directed. Nigel Bruce, that very amiable comedian, is the only member of the troupe to triumph over the direction. His performance of the role of the husband who is sorely de- pressed because his best friend doesn't make love to his wife and so wel- comely keep her away from home once in a while is an amusing one. Leslie Banks is heavy-handed as the amorous hero, et 1 pic technique on the feathery dialog The Mlle, Helen Chandler, a comely lass, and the Mile. Frieda Inescourt periodically suffer from the. stiffness imposed upon them by the director. ee "1931—", by Claire and Paul Sif- ton, produced and acted by the com- of boys and girls that the Thea- Id has taken under its motherly wing, enjoys all the literary and artis- tic graces of a street brawl, but also a measure of the same force and effect. It is a propaganda show yelling at the top of its lungs in behalf of unem- ployed labor. It is very obvious and very poorly contrived stuff which now and again, simply on the score of its blind passion, agitates the more reflective and susceptible customer. re tre un- Nathan Recommends “Mourning Becomes Electra” (Guild) O'Neill worthy drama of the Amer “Brief Moment” (Melaser ate and witty “The cett Bank bial intelicity. acute study tentatious] Street” (Empire) of the Bare ar “The Cat and the Fiddle” (Gk n the average. “The Laugh Parade” he) —Kern's sical play far more rial)—Ed Wynn shines rdam)—The ce and skit Nathan Recommends—With Reservations “Reunion in Vienna” cellent in a sometimes (Beck)—The Lunts ex droll spoofing of Freud now and then corrupted by excur kum’ “Cynara” (Morosco)—An_ English dealing with a husband’s sexual sortie, comedy half good, half rather commonplace. comicbooks.com